Environment
Covering a full range of environmental and sustainability issues in Vancouver, British Columbia and Canada as a whole
New oil spill base to be built at Beecher Bay
Beecher Bay will host one of six new oil spill response bases being built in B.C.
NDP commits to net-zero emissions by 2050
BC NDP leader John Horgan announced his party’s commitment to ensure net-zero emissions by 2050 after touring the facilities of Carbon Engineering, a Squamish based clean technology company focused...
Taseko gets award for mine reclamation
Mine reclamation work doesn’t only start after a mine shuts down
Petrochemical company invests in BC plastic recycler
Following Merlin Plastics expansion, B.C. will ship back almost as much plastic as it consumes
Don’t forget climate change in pandemic, federal minister warns
“At the end of the day, the issue is carbon.”
Wilkinson orders federal review of Teck's Castle coal project
Federal Environment minister cites public concern over pollution, impacts on treaty rights for decision
Signs of climate change in ocean depths off Vancouver Island
It’s been one discovery after another for Canadian scientists exploring the ocean depths a few hundred kilometres off the coast of Vancouver Island. On expeditions in 2018 and 2019, researchers...
B.C. carbon tax ineffective: CERI
Quebec's cap-and-trade more effective than B.C. carbon tax, CERI finds
Province initiates Tulsequah mine cleanup
Government report estimates remediating defunct mine at $65 million
B.C. risks ‘carbon leakage’ without business incentives: business council
Tax, regulatory, carbon offset and capture regimes not competitive globally: report